First post, by debs3759
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I have two Asus PVI-486SP3 motherboard, rev 1.22 and rev 1.8
I'm told that the original BIOS chip on the 1.22 will not take the latest BIOS, but that a newer 128Kx8 EEPROM can be written and inserted in the board. Is it possible (and safe) to boot the system I built with the 1.8 board, replace the BIOS chip while running, then write the new BIOS to the target chip? If it is possible, what precautions do I need to take? Will I need to enable BIOS shadowing? That will save me the cost of asking someone with a burner to write it for me (or the cost of a cheap writer).
The 1.8 is in a working system, and the new chips are NOS. Obviously I want to avoid damaging either, so don't want to go the trial and error route 😀
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